Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Cape Byron Lighthouse

Todays art is the famous Cape Byron Lighthouse, Australia's most easterly point,  photographed by  Doug Cavanah

This image available as an 18 x 58 inch premium canvas with a 1.5 inch mirror wrap. delivered either in rolled form or pre-stretched and ready to hang.

You can see a larger picture of it here, along with ordering information;  Cape Byron Lighthouse

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Cape Byron Lighthouse


Cape Byron Lighthouse
Cape Byron Lighthouse sits on Australia’s most easterly point, a shining light over Byron Bay. Take a guided tour, find out about shipwrecks and enjoy spectacular views. The light that shines by night over Cape Byron Marine Park emanates from a tower as famous as the town of Byron Bay itself. Built at the turn of the 19th century to protect ships passing along the coast, Cape Byron Lighthouse stands resolute on the most easterly point of the Australian mainland. Operated by resident keepers until 1989, its now automated light is clearly visible from Byron Bay township. Take a guided tour of the lighthouse, learn more about this iconic white tower and find out about shipwrecks and stories from the sea in the Maritime Museum below. You’ll enjoy some of the best views of the ocean and hinterland on the entire coast, including regular sightings of turtles, dolphins and humpback whales. Cape Byron is the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, and forms part of Bundjalung Aboriginal country, which covers roughly the area from Tweed Heads in the north to Grafton in the south, and west to Tabulam and Baryulgil.

Cape Byron Lighthouse was built in 1901 and for a century alerted passing ships to the dangers of the coast. Standing sentinel atop the 94 metre cliff at mainland Australia’s most easterly point, the lighthouse is a must-see for all visitors to Byron Bay. Whatever the weather, you’ll be sure of seeing not only stunning views, but most likely dolphins and turtles, humpback whales from May to October, and maybe even the pretty wallabies that now inhabit the Cape.

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